Content overview: “Trump-Xi Optics Overshadow Substance, Gewirtz Says”. Julian Gewirtz, Harvard Belfer Center fellow and former senior director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the White House National Security Council during the Biden administration, says President Donald Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping delivered the positive optics Trump was seeking, but little visible progress on the major challenges dividing the US and China.
He discusses unresolved tensions around trade, Iran, Russia, and Taiwan, as well as the intensifying AI race. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.